I can't help but picture a storied old workhorse complicity plodding to it's demise. Just think of the places this thing has been! It's somehow a sad picture.
It's going to be dismantled (killed), 'made safe' (sterilized), and put on public display (put up in stocks). Outta go out with a bit more glory.
It's appealing to romanticize and anthropomorphize machines, but you really shouldn't. They only exist to suit the whims and needs of people, and any romance or feelings between man and machine are strictly one-way.
http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/shuttle041311/s_d0...
I can't help but picture a storied old workhorse complicity plodding to it's demise. Just think of the places this thing has been! It's somehow a sad picture.
It's going to be dismantled (killed), 'made safe' (sterilized), and put on public display (put up in stocks). Outta go out with a bit more glory.